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Waiting Tolerance: Ramp Delay vs. Freeway Congestion

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David Levinson () (Nexus (Networks, Economics, and Urban Systems) Research Group, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota)
Kathleen Harder
John Bloomfield (College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of Minnesota)
Kathy Carlson

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Waiting tolerance at ramp meters and travel time on the freewaywere measured using a computer administered stated preference (CASP) survey and a virtual experience stated preference (VESP) methodemploying a driving simulator.The selections varied in the number of minutes waiting at a ramp meter with vehicle speed once on the freeway. The subjects ranked the selections in order of preference. The results were statistically analyzed using a binary logit model controlling for demographics, socioeconomic characteristics, daily travel time, and personality scores.The results by the CASP method displayed a preference for freeway congestion to ramp delay, but opposite results were obtained by the VESP method. A number of reasons are posited to explain the difference, but the results indicate that method of stated preference data collection can significantly affect conclusions drawn.

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Paper provided by University of Minnesota: Nexus Research Group in its series Working Papers with number 200602.

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Date of creation: 2006
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Publication status: Published in Transportation Research part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour Volume 9, Issue 1 , January 2006, Pages 1-13. [
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Keywords: Ramp meters; Personality; Stated preference; Driving simulator; Travel time;

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D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty
C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior

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